What we think we are is not who we really are. Let us inquire into who we really are. To make this inquiry easy, it will be necessary to make some false statements which we may have to clarify as we go along.
You, the reader, are looking at your computer screen, which is an object in your awareness. You are currently conscious of this computer screen and the matter that you are reading, both of which are objects in "your" consciousness. If the writer of this blog were to stand in front of you and speak out this matter in the form of words, you would say that the writer (or me), is an object in "your" consciousness. I ( the writer) would say the same about you. Meaning, you are an object in "my" consciousness. In that way, we can see that all the things in the world are objects in "our"( what we think as individual) consciousness. In fact, since you can see your body, it is also an object in "your" consciousness. Yes, the thoughts in your mind are also objects in "your" consciousness, since you know them. Since, I am an object in "your" consciousness and you are an object in "my" consciousness, it is a fact that we both are objects.
Now, let us see if we can identify this consciousness as having any individuality. Can there be any "your consciousness" or "my consciousness"? If so, where is the consciousness? Can it be located in the body? Obviously NOT, as the body is an object in the consciousness. Can it be located in the mind? Obviously NOT, since the mind is an object in the consciousness. Is it not true that you claim IT as yours and I do so too. Then where is IT? How can anyone call IT "my consciousness", if IT belongs to all? There is ONLY Consciousness, period. Not mine or your consciousness. It is precisely this mistaken identification which results in constant suffering and searching. What is universal, unlimited and timeless and the only ONE is taken to be personal and limited and time bound. Seeing this folly is all that is required to realize one's own True identity.
Consciousness is the ONLY Subject and all else is an object in THAT. Why can I not know the Consciousness? Well, if you try to know IT, will it not be an Object (in "your"consciousness) and therefore cannot be the Subject? The one and only Subject cannot be known, even if a "you" wants to know IT. For knowing IT, relegates it to the level of an object like all other objects and therefore cannot be the Subject. The Unknown is who we really ARE.
The notion of being a separate individual is only a thought in the mind. The mind itself is nothing but a bundle of thoughts. The mind has no separate and independent existence apart from the consciousness. The mind appears and disappears as in waking and sleep states respectively and is therefore unreal. The primary illusion is the thought "I" which appears on waking and thereafter all other thoughts are assumed to be belonging to this "I" thought.
Hope this simple message is clearly understood and once done what else is there to do and by whom? May the seeking stop on realizing this simple and open TRUTH.
